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Using It

Between Ice Cream Sandwich and the Tegra 3, it's very fast. The audio is loud and deep, but the fidelity is lacking, and the speakers on the bottom side get muffled.

The Best Part

The size! Definitely a great tablet for watching movies.

Tragic Flaw

The size! The only thing the tablet excels at is watching movies. At 2.2 pounds, it's really heavy, it's awkward to transport, and the screen is such a wide rectangle that gaming (and typing and everything else) is exceedingly difficult.

This Is Weird...

The surface of the Gorilla Glass would often stick to the LCD behind it. An inky puddle emerged in the middle of the screen. It disappeared when the tablet was twisted like an ice cube tray. Travel in a backpack amplified this effect.

Test Notes

Fantastic battery life! Close to 11 hours.

The 1600 x 900 resolution gives it a greater pixel density than most Android tablets and the first two iPads. But it's nowhere near the retina display on the latest iPad.

The screen is far dimmer than average. Bummer.

Handheld thumb-typing is impossible. Even with a split keyboard. Keep it in your lap.

It gets attention on mass transit. That's either good or bad.

Having a full-sized SD card is great. You can expand storage up to a crazy 128GB.